詞彙精選：at length的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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終於，最後

例句：

At length these moments of constraint were removed.

這種尷尬的局面終於過去了。

例句：

At length I fell into some broils.

最後我終於遭到了一場小小的風波。

充分地，詳細地，詳盡地

例句：

He talked at length about his work.

他詳細地談了他的工作。

例句：

They addressed the Conference briefly or at length.

他們先後在會上作了或短或長的發言。

二、詞義辨析：

at last,at length,eventually,finally,in the end,lastly

這些詞或詞組均含有“最後，終於”之意。at last多指經主觀努力，克服各種困難後才終於達到目的。at length強調經歷一段長時間後終於完成，側重在時間部分。eventually側重於動作或行爲的結果。finally常與at last換用，都可用於對往事的描述，但finally不帶感情色彩，指一系列事情的最後結局。in the end與at last同義，但in the end不僅可指“過去”還可表示對“未來”的預計。lastly指連續順序的最後，通常用在列舉事情的場合。

三、參考例句：

He talked at length about his work.

他詳細地談了他的工作。

At length I fell into some broils.

最後我終於遭到了一場小小的風波。

At length the bus arrived, forty minutes late.

公共汽車終於來了，晚了四十分鐘。

The problem will be discussed at length in subsequent chapters.

這個問題將在隨後幾章進行詳細討論。

At length Thebes was afflicted with famine and pestilence.

後來底比斯發生了瘟疫和饑荒。

They spoke at length, reviewing the entire incident.

他們把事情的整個經過詳盡地複述了一遍。

At length these moments of constraint were removed.

這種尷尬的局面終於過去了。

So at length, though with great reluctance, I gave up the attempt.

因此，儘管很不情願，最後我還是放棄了這個計劃。

Nell at length took courage, and ventured to draw near him.

耐兒最後只好鼓起勇氣，大膽地向他那邊走了過去。

I plan to revisit this topic at length in the next few articles.

我計劃在以後幾篇文章中詳細討論這個話題。